History Trivia / Unforgiven

* GodNeverSaidThat: Despite some online claims, Clint Eastwood has never stated that William Munny is an older [[Film/DollarsTrilogy Man With No Name]]. In fact, original screenwriter David Peoples confirmed in [[https://archive.is/6fDTh#selection-1553.13-1553.26 an interview]] that he was thinking of writing a prequel movie about Munny in his prime, contradicting the supposed "fact" that ''Unforgiven'' is a sequel to the ''Dollars Trilogy''.

* PlayingWithCharacterType: As part of the film's GenreDeconstruction of Westerns as a whole, Creator/ClintEastwood's role in the film is a deconstruction of his earlier Western character(s), namely those from the Film/DollarsTrilogy. Notably, WordOfGod directly claims that William Munny ''is'' The Man With No Name in his later years.

* SequelGap: While not ''officially'' a part of ''The Film/DollarsTrilogy'' by Creator/SergioLeone, Eastwood has stated that Bill Munny is The Man With No Name in his old age, and actually dedicates this film to the memory of Leone (who passed away 3 years prior to the release of ''Unforgiven.'')

* WordOfGod: According to Eastwood, William Munny is basically the Man with No Name after the events of the trilogy when he's much older.

* FakeAmerican:
** ''Unforgiven'' was filmed in Alberta, so many of the supporting characters (like Beauchamp and the Schofield Kid) are played by Canadian actors.

* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/ClintEastwood personally telephoned Creator/RichardHarris to offer him the role of English Bob. Harris was watching ''Film/HighPlainsDrifter'' on television at the time, leading to Harris thinking it was a prank.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Alberta, Canada doubles for 19th-century Wyoming and Kansas. In particular, "Big Whiskey" was set at the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_U_Ranch Bar U Ranch]], a local historic landmark.

* PlayingWithCharacterType: As part of the film's GenreDeconstruction of Westerns as a whole, Creator/ClintEastwood's role in the film is a deconstruction of his earlier Western character(s), namely those from the Film/DollarsTrilogy.

** The Irish Richard Harris plays a man from the Southern United States who stylizes himself as "English Bob", meaning he is a Fake American playing a FakeBrit.

* FakeAmerican: ''Unforgiven'' was filmed in Alberta, so many of the supporting characters (like Beauchamp and the Schofield Kid) are played by Canadian actors.
* FakeBrit: Irishman Creator/RichardHarris plays English Bob.

* FakeAmerican: ''Unforgiven'' was filmed in Alberta, so many of the supporting characters (like the Schofield Kid) are played by Canadian actors.

* UsefulNotes/AFIS100YearsSeries:
** AFIS100Years100Movies: #98
** AFIS100Years100Movies10THAnniversaryEdition: #68
** AFIS10Top10:
*** #4, Western

* AFIS100YearsSeries:

* InspirationForTheWork: Writer David Webb Peoples credits ''Film/TaxiDriver'' and Glendon Swarthout's novel ''Film/TheShootist'' as two of the major shaping influences of his screenplay.

* SequelGap: While not ''officially'' a part of ''The Film/DollarsTrilogy'' by Creator/SergioLeone, Eastwood has stated that Bill Munny is The man With No Name in his old age, and actually dedicates this film to the memory of Leone (who passed away 3 years prior to the release of ''Unforgiven.'')

* InspirationForTheWork: Writer David Webb Peoples credits ''Film/TaxiDriver and Glendon Swarthout's novel ''Film/TheShootist'' as two of the major shaping influences of his screenplay.